lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell) (12/18/90)
Does anyone know if IBM or a 3rd party makes a product for the
AS/400 system which can do the following....
A user is attached, via a 5250 Terminal, to the AS/400.
Magically, the AS/400 would make this terminal look like a
Telnet terminal (wyse, vt100, xterm, etc.) for logging on,
via Ethernet, to a Unix host application. (Over TCP/IP on
the E'net...)
i.e. the AS/400 + magical product(s) would make the 5250 user
believe that he is attached to the AS/400--while
actually passing the session data on over to Unix. The
Unix host would see the 5250 as a Telnet terminal. The
magical product would provide the primary LU and PU
functions for the 5250, and magically transform these
into Telnet functions. Manual logon/logoff to/from
Telnet would be o.k., but via a script...
5250 AS/400 Unix
coax E'net
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|____| |____| |____|lstowell@pyramid.UUCP (Lon Stowell) (12/18/90)
Does anyone know if IBM or a 3rd party makes a product for the
AS/400 system which can do the following....
A user is attached, via a 5250 Terminal, to the AS/400.
Magically, the AS/400 would make this terminal look like a
Telnet terminal (wyse, vt100, xterm, etc.) for logging on,
via Ethernet, to a Unix host application. (Over TCP/IP on
the E'net...)
i.e. the AS/400 + magical product(s) would make the 5250 user
believe that he is attached to the AS/400--while
actually passing the session data on over to Unix. The
Unix host would see the 5250 as a Telnet terminal. The
magical product would provide the primary LU and PU
functions for the 5250, and magically transform these
into Telnet functions. Manual logon/logoff to/from
Telnet would be o.k., but via a script...
5250 AS/400 Unix
coax E'net
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|____| |____| |____|phil@signum.signum.com (Philip Dickinson) (12/19/90)
In article <9012180455.AA19242@lilac.berkeley.edu>, lstowell@pyramid.UUCP (Lon Stowell) writes: > Does anyone know if IBM or a 3rd party makes a product for the > AS/400 system which can do the following.... > stuff deleted about unix systems supporting as/400 connected 5250 terminals. Unfortunatley I can't tell you about a product that exists today that will support a Pyramid system. We have a similar product that supports Tandem systems and the Guardian operating system. This allows IBM devices of any LU type access to application running on the Tandem system. It is based on our own implementation of Node Type 2.1 for Tandem systems. The Tandem system simply needs to be connected to the SNA or APPN network using NT2.1, and any device in that network, or interconnected networks, has access to the Tandem. We have looked at the possibility of porting this functionality to Unix systems, and we believe that it is possible. I would be very interested in hearing from anyone who might find this sort of thing useful. Please email me at the address below. Phil Dickinson Director Signum Software Pty. Ltd. phil@signum.com
phil@signum.UUCP (Philip Dickinson) (12/19/90)
In article <9012180455.AA19242@lilac.berkeley.edu>, lstowell@pyramid.UUCP (Lon Stowell) writes: > Does anyone know if IBM or a 3rd party makes a product for the > AS/400 system which can do the following.... > stuff deleted about unix systems supporting as/400 connected 5250 terminals. Unfortunatley I can't tell you about a product that exists today that will support a Pyramid system. We have a similar product that supports Tandem systems and the Guardian operating system. This allows IBM devices of any LU type access to application running on the Tandem system. It is based on our own implementation of Node Type 2.1 for Tandem systems. The Tandem system simply needs to be connected to the SNA or APPN network using NT2.1, and any device in that network, or interconnected networks, has access to the Tandem. We have looked at the possibility of porting this functionality to Unix systems, and we believe that it is possible. I would be very interested in hearing from anyone who might find this sort of thing useful. Please email me at the address below. Phil Dickinson Director Signum Software Pty. Ltd. phil@signum.com